Tsh has carefully curated 52 projects to live more simply, such as establish a morning routine, downsize (and rotate) your kids' toys, and switch to non-toxic cleaners. Each project is utterly do-able, broken into steps, and is (for the most part) finite. They can be tackled in any order; cross off one per week to cover all 52 in a year. More info →

Successful people purposefully use their mornings to focus on things that are important, but not urgent: things like nurturing your career, nurturing your relationships, and nurturing yourself. Read this guide, keep a time diary for a week as Laura suggests, and reap the benefits. (Read about my experience with making over my mornings here.) Add Audible narration for $2.49. More info →

If you want to look better in 2013, Hayley will help you whip your closet into shape for the New Year. It's for women who want to “learn to love the clothes they have, lose the clothes they hate, and shop for items to fill the gaps.” Follow her suggestions to purge your closet, plan your go-to-outfits, and create a personal look book. More info →

I love the books listed above, but in addition, I highly recommend seeking out the right blogs to help you meet your goals.

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I’ve landed on your blog a couple times and finally added you to my reader yesterday. Enjoying your writing!

I recently read the “makeover your mornings” ebook. It was inspiring. I’ve tried and tried to be sucessful in the early rising routine. I’ve made progress, but not near where I need to be. I’d love to get up at 5 with my husband. He gets up so early to go round in the hospital on his cancer patients, and I’m hoping to get more morning time in this year, so more can be done. Its the going to sleep early part I’m struggling with. I’ll have to check your morning makover post out.

I read a couple ‘healthy living’ blogs to stay focused on health goals. I lost 50 pounds over the last year or so, so need to keep going in that direction. I also re-read books that make me want to eat vegetables throughout the year. It’s like I keep forgetting how good they are for me.

My mornings are utterly out of control, they seem to last until lunch. Which makes sense on the clock but not in real life. The issue is we usually don’t have anywhere we have to go so the only motivation to get going needs to come from me. (I sound whiney here…)

Just saw in my Entertainment Weekly magazine (don’t judge, y’all, it was free with Coke Rewards points) that Sue Monk Kidd has a new book called the Invention on Wings. EW says “fans of The Help and Kidd’s own Secret Life of Bees will love this rich novel…” I LOVED both those books, so this is my new #1 must read of 2014. Woohoo – I’m only 66th on the library waiting list!